Bola Tinubu said he told President Muhammadu Buhari that he wanted to step in his shoes and not on his toes.
Tinubu said this while speaking at the Palace of the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, in Abeokuta when he paid him a visit to seek his royal blessing on his presidential ambition.
Tinubu had visited Buhari at the Aso Villa in January to inform the president of his ambition.
However, The APC leader on Saturday said, “I told the President I want to replace you and I don’t want to offend you. I told the President that I want to step in his shoes but not step on his toes.
“I told him as the number one citizen, I should start my Presidential bid by informing you first, and he (Buhari) told me to inform the whole world, and I have done that.”
Tinubu is currently in Ogun to meet with traditional rulers over his 2023 presidential ambition.
He arrived at the palace of the Alake at 4.35 pm and went straight into a private meeting with the monarch.
He had earlier paid a similar visit to the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona at his Ijebu-Ode palace.
Addressing the monarch, Tinubu said, he decided to express his intention to Buhari following calls from his supporters and friends to run for President.
